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BASIC COMPUTERS-NUMBER

SYSTEM
THE TECHNIQUE TO REPRESENT AND TO WORK WITH NUMBERS ARE
CALLED NUMBER SYSTEM, EVERY VALUE THAT YOU ARE SAVING OR
GETTING INTO/FROM COMPUTER MEMORY HAS A DEFINED NUMBER
SYSTEM.

TYPES OF COMPUTER NUMBER SYSTEMS

• BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM


• OCTAL NUMBER SYSTEM
• DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
• HEXADECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM
DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM

DECIMAL NUMBER SYSTEM HAS ONLY TEN (10) DIGITS FROM 0 TO


9. EVERY NUMBER (VALUE) REPRESENTS WITH 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
AND 9 IN THIS NUMBER SYSTEM. THE BASE OF DECIMAL NUMBER
SYSTEM IS 10, BECAUSE IT HAS ONLY 10 DIGITS.
IT IS ALSO CALLED A POSITIONAL VALUE SYSTEM WHICH
MEANS THAT THE VALUE OF DIGITS WILL DEPEND ON ITS
POSITION.
EXAMPLE:
LET’S SAY WE HAVE 734,971 AND 207. THE VALUE OF 7 IN ALL
NUMBERS IS DIFFERENT.

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